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AppleTV, XBox 360 Elite, Adobe Creative Suite 3, and then some

Hot topics this week so far:

AppleTV

  • AppleTV……….. It’s so hackable.
  • It’s running a variant of Mac OS X.
  • Costs $299.00
  • Doesn’t come with any cable. It seems odd in the beginning, but it made some sense now. Some people need HDMI to HDMI cable, while others need HDMI to Component. Some people need HDMI to DVI cable plus the TOSLINK cable.
  • AppleTV is podcast friendly.
  • AppleTV streams movie trailers. This is one feature that shows the potential of AppleTV. I suppose that content producers can showcase their products through AppleTV.

Adobe Creative Suite 3

XBox 360 Elite

  • Stupid name! Is Microsoft trying to get into the l33t crowd by naming the XBox package as XBox 360 Elite.
  • It’s a black XBox 360 with 120 detachable hard drive, HDMI, and some other stuff.
  • It’s a surprise that Microsoft not including the HD-DVD drive. Maybe they are going to sell the black HD-DVD drive, if not it’ll just look silly.

The “and then some” part

  • Whatever happened to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?
  • No thanks to SciFi Channel for Stargate stuff.
  • South Park is still ridiculous.

I’ll update this post soon

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South Park: Season 11 Episode 4 – “The Snuke”

South Park: Season 11 Episode 4 – “The Snuke”
Original Air Date: 2007-03-28

“The Snuke” on CNN.com
http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=27598

Stuff from the episode:

From South Park Studios:

Hillary Clinton is in town for a big campaign rally. Cartman follows a lead on a possible terrorist attack.

From today’s Comedy Central Press Release:
Hillary Clinton is in town for a big campaign rally in an all-new “South Park” on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 10:00 P.M. on Comedy Central Cartman suspects the new Muslim student is behind a terrorist threat in an all-new “South Park” entitled, “The Snuke,” premiering on Wednesday, March 28.

The clock is ticking as the citizens prepare for Hillary Clinton’s big campaign rally. Every minute counts as Cartman uses his own methods to interrogate the suspect. But could the plan to target Hillary Clinton be just the tip of the iceberg?

1104 - The Snuke: Hillary Clinton Press Image

South Park Season 11 on iTunes Store – UNCENSORED (available on Saturday – March 31st, 2007)

If you are looking for South Park episode, you can get it at iTunes Store instead of downloading the AVI or RM files off torrents from site likes mrtwig.net.

Remember downloading TV episodes off torrents is generally frowned upon by the TV networks. It’d be very very very wrong to download South Park episodes off torrent sites such as mrtwig.net where you can find high quality South Park episodes in AVI and RM. So please, do not download the episode torrent from site like mrtwig.net where the high quality AVI and RM torrents are posted within the hour after the episode aired on Comedy Central.

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Megadeth: “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)” Digital Single on April 23rd, 2007

UPDATE:
Roadrunnerrecords.com mentions that the digital single will be on sale on April 14th. The release date might be different in different countries/territories.

According to Roadrunner Records UK, Megadeth’s first single off “United Abominations” CD will be released on April 23rd as digital single. It is currently unclear if “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)” digital single will only be released exclusively in the UK. The single might appear on iTunes Store, Napster, Zune Store, etc.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.co.uk/news/sendto.aspx?newsitemID=15562

Megadeth‘s “United Abominations” is scheduled for release on May 15th, 2007. The single “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)” was originally rearranged and re-recorded as bonus track/B-side for Japanese market and for the future special edition of the CD. The new version of the song features vocals by Christina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil) and additional original guitar solo by Glen Drover. The video for the song was shot in Los Angeles on March 8th and 9th, shortly before Megadeth went on the road supporting Heaven and Hell (Dio-era Black Sabbath).

“Set Me Free (A Tout Le Monde)” was released as radio single on March 16th, 2007. Dave Mustaine explained that the song is now titled “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)” for the CD and “Set Me Free (A Tout Le Monde)” for the radio.

“United Abominations”

  1. Sleepwalker (lyrics and mp3 download)
  2. Washington Is Next! (lyrics)
  3. Never Walk Alone
  4. United Abominations (lyrics)
  5. Gears Of War (lyrics and demo mp3 download)
  6. Blessed Are The Dead
  7. Play For Blood
  8. A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free) – feat. Christina Scabbia
  9. Amerikhastan
  10. You’re Dead
  11. Burnt Ice
  12. Out On The Tiles (Japan Only – However this special track may appear in extraordinary circumstances)
  13. Black Swan (The B-Sides for Special Editions)
  14. The Bodies Left Behind (The B-Sides for Special Editions)
  15. Special Live Track (The B-Sides for Special Editions)

Megadeth “United Abominations” Line-Up:
Dave Mustaine – Lead Vocals, Lead, Rhythm and Acoustic Guitars
Glen Drover – Lead and Rhythm Guitars
James LoMenzo – Bass
Shawn Drover – Drums

Megadeth DVD “That One Night – Live in Buenos Aires” is now available for purchase at Amazon.com. It was released on March 06, 2007.

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Vista PC Reviewed: Gateway GT5408 Desktop

This Gateway® GT5408 Desktop is one of three Vista PC’s I worked on shortly after Windows Vista was released. The other two are Gateway® GT5404 Desktop and HP Pavilion Slimline s7700n PC.

Specifications
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E4300 dual-core Processor 64-bit processor with Intel® EM64T Technology (1.80GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Chipset: Intel® 945G DH Chipset(Viiv™)
Memory: 1024MB dual-channel DDR2 Memory (2 x 512MB), 533MHz (PC4200). Expandable to 4GB (2x2048MB) 667MHz (PC5300)
Video: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with up to 224MB Shared Video Memory – VGA port
Audio: 8-Channel (7.1) High Definition Audio
Hard Drive: 320GB SATA II (7200rpm, 8MB cache)10
Optical Drives: 16x multiformat dual-layer DVD±RW drive
15-in-1 Digital Media Manager™ (Memory Card Reader)
56K ITU V.92 ready fax/modem (RJ-11 port)
Intel® 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)
6 USB 2.0 Ports (2 in front, 4 in back)
2 IEEE 1394 port “FireWire” (1 in front, 1 in back)
1 Parallel Port, 1 Serial Port
2 PS/2 Ports (Keyboard and Mouse)
5 Audio (Rear): Front/Headphone (Stereo), Rear (Stereo), Center/Sub, Microphone, Line-in/Side (Stereo), plus S/PDIF Optical
2 Audio (Front): Microphone, Front/Headphone (Stereo)
1 PCI-E x16, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI

Out of the box, Gateway GT5408 Desktop is somewhat an adequate performer. It does have an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor for nice performance potential. It comes with 1GB of RAM (2x512MB) and an integrated Intel GMA 950 with up to 224MB shared video memory. That leaves 800MB of RAM to the system. Booting Windows Vista on this PC is a little bit painful. Right of the bat Windows Vista is using 700MB-900MB of RAM and settles around 500MB.

To increase the performance of this computer, consider upgrading the Memory to at least 2GB and/or installing a decent Video Card with minimum of dedicated 128MB of video RAM.

This computer comes with an optical mouse and a USB-powered stereo speaker. The mouse is nice enough to use. The speaker lacks low frequency and sounds terrible when it comes to music.

GT5408 CPUz 01 GT5408 CPUz 02 GT5408 CPUz 03

…….to be updated

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Apple Releases iTunes 7.1.1

Apple updates iTunes again, 11 days after version 7.1 was released.

iTunes 7.1.1 addresses a stability issue and minor compatibility problems in iTunes 7.1.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

In somewhat related news, Apple has also re-released iPod shuffle Reset Utility and renamed it to simply iPod Reset Utility. The utility supports 1st and 2nd generation iPod shuffle. (03.15.2007)

About iPod Reset Utility 1.0 for Windows

Use iPod Reset Utility to restore the following iPod models back to their factory settings, when iTunes is unable to do so:
– iPod shuffle (1st Generation)
– iPod shuffle (2nd Generation)

iPod Reset Utility 1.0 for Mac – 3.4MB
iPod Reset Utility 1.0 for Windows – 2.2MB

If you’re using Windows Vista and iTunes, please read the following Apple knowledgebase:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305042